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https://bitsavers.org/pdf/perq/PERQ_Brochure.pdf https://bitsavers.org/pdf/perq/PERQ_Brochure.pdf - this has a price list for the computer. $19200 in 1980-s dol
by cyberax 2y ago
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/perq/PERQ_Brochure.pdf https://bitsavers.org/pdf/perq/PERQ_Brochure.pdf - this has a price list for the computer. $19200 in 1980-s dollars.
One option stands out: "Memory Parity Option - $500". Ahh... How the times don't change, with the ECC RAM being a premium feature.
- Taniwha 2y agoProbably a more obvious choice at the time we'd just gone through a point where the early releases of the latest memory generation (64k chips) had come with mysterious memory failures - eventually tracked down to natural alpha radiation from the ceramics used for packaging. We'd not long switch from core and semiconductor memory was still new